♡ 21st Birthday Recap

Guess who turned 21?! That's right, this girly :P

I share my birthday with my bestie, Mon & Halloween...although that's not a birthday. Halloween was never really a big thing here in Australia but lately I've seen more trick or treaters & decorations at some houses. Although there weren't any trick or treaters at my place this year. But I hope you all had a fun & exciting Halloween and didn't get too sick from eating so much candy.

I had an amazing day. Starting as soon as I opened my eyes. I must have really been out of it because Kalen managed to get up and attach balloons on my bed and place the most beautiful bouquet of (21) roses beside me. We had a delicious breakfast at one of our favourite cafés and then went shopping at IKEA with Mon & her boyfriend, Jeremy. That's right ladies & gentlemen, an IKEA double date on our birthday. Romantic, huh? But really, we just love strolling through IKEA and I bought a few bookshelf inserts. I may or may not have already started getting the dog's room ready...

Then we just relaxed at home, putting together the drawers & whatnot, and I gotta say, it's coming along pretty great. I'm planning on doing a 'Puppy Trilogy' sort of thing so stay tuned. I'm so excited! I know I got the car for my birthday (for the next 5 years), but since it is my 21st, it seems I really am getting a puppy! I just feel so blessed & lucky to have such amazing family & friends...I honestly don't know what I'd do without them. We're going to see the puppies tomorrow (Sunday) and I'm super, duper excited to see them! Just imagine, this time tomorrow, there will potentially be a little puppy tucked into my lap as I type and exciting new blog post.

If that doesn't work out, we may be going to another place next Sunday. It'd be a little disappointing if that happens since I've been hyping this up the whole time but a puppy will definitely join the Rose household by next month so that's all I can ask for. Plus, I'd prefer all the stuff I ordered online to arrive before the puppy comes so that may even be better. I'm trying to make the best of anything & everything because I'm just so grateful for the amazing gift of a new best friend.





Enough about that now. A birthday wouldn't quite be a birthday without cake now, right? We picked up 2 of these adorable little cakes that were amaaaaaazing! We got them from this cute little Korean bakery/café in Strathfield called Hello Happy. What a cute name! We'll definitely be going there again, soon! And of course, a cake that pretty was just screaming 'Instagram' so naturally, we dressed up the table a little :P

Honestly, my family & friends made this day so special for me. We love having these low-key occasions, even if it is a big birthday like a 21st, and it was made even more special being around all my closest friends and family.

But on top of that, when I posted these pictures on Instagram, all of you wished me a Happy Birthday and that was seriously just the icing on the cake. The cherry on top. The sugar coating. Enough cake puns? ;-) And I can't thank you all enough for making my day even better. You have all become such great friends of mine & I wish there was a better way of me to express my thanks for you, but at the moment, thanks seems to be the only way...

Thank you so, so much.

Love Always,
Anna Banana ♡

♡ MY WEEK: 13-19 October 2014

Happy Sunday everybody! Here is what my week looked like. Unfortunately Kalen's aunt had to have surgery but she's making a great recovery so far. Everything went well and hopefully she'll be up & good to go in no time. I've been keeping him and his family company & may have gotten a head start on some super-secret-except-not-very-secret-because-you-can-see-it-in-the-first-picture-if-you-really-tried stuff *wink* Hopefully it goes all according to plan because I've been working very hard on it :-)

As you might be able to tell in the aforementioned picture, I have a lot of sticky notes on my ruler. I used to do this before but kinda stopped for a while. But now it's back in all its colourful glory! Whenever there's something important for me to do, I put it there & the feeling of peeling/ripping it off when I do it is just so satisfying.

Oh, and that "Spending ban"? Not going so well. I cracked. Remember how I said I bought some of the Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy nail polish? Well, 2 became 4... + a post-it cube. I just couldn't resist. First I got the purple shade, Up The Ante. It's such a gorgeous colour & I don't have anything like it so that was justified, as well as the special Top Coat for it. Oh, and about that Top Coat, the brush is super cool! It has sort of like 2 mini brushes in 1. I'm not entirely sure what that's good for or how that helps but hey, it applies smoothly & makes my nail polish look all shiny so that's really all that matters, right?

And when I went to Big W yesterday (big mistake, very big mistake) I ended up getting 2 more. The lighter pink shade is called Cardshark & the darker pink is called Lady Luck. I'm not sure I like them too much so I am very much regretting it... :-( On the bright side, I love my new Post-It Cube! How cute is it? :D I just put it on my desk & it adds so much colour & cuteness.

And here was my #fflovephotoaday picture from last week. I've been very naughty about it & haven't posted many pictures but something is better than nothing...isn't it? ^^"

Anyways, that's it for today!
I hope you're having a great weekend & I'll see you all very soon :D

Love Always,
Anna Banana ♡

♡ My Week In Photos: 29 September - 5 October 2014

Happy Sunday everybody! I hope you all had a great week. I most certainly did :-) Watch out for an exciting little post tomorrow :P Here is what my week looked like in my Filofax. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I'm doing Yay, for Fridays! Filofax Photo-a-day Challenge. I'm not strictly following the rules and doing it everyday but only on those I can/want to. You are probably also supposed to include a planner of sorts but we'll see.

Day 1: This Month
p.s. Keyboard Washi Tape Decoration Tutorial coming this Tuesday! It's a little self-explanatory but why not? :D

Day 3: Blue
Martha Stewart binder, Project Life Cards & Marvy Uchida Le Pens

Day 5: Grateful

Kalen knows exactly where I keep my favourite stationery and likes to leave little surprise notes here & there. I'll always be grateful to him :D

If any of you are doing the Filofax Photo-a-day Challenge, please let me know so I can check out all your awesome pictures!

Love Always,

Anna Banana ♡

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?!?! O.O

Hello everybody! (If anyone is still around!)
I am so incredibly sorry for being so MIA these past few weeks? ...Months? ...Years?

But I was studying like craaaaaazy for my exams and as of Wednesday, I am officially a free woman! So hopefully I'll be good & post more plus, spoiler alert, I may or may not be uploading 2015 inserts!!! Woo hoo!!! Snaps for Annie? ;-)

So, as usual, here is a little update on my life...

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I have been OBSESSED with The Fault In Our Stars. Ansel Elgort...you have my heart. So I bought the book to read it again and again and again because...Gus... ♡ But please give me any book recommendations so I could obsess over more fictional characters. I also got Divergent & I know I'm really late on the Divergent bandwagon but at least I'm getting started.

FIFA World Cup & Wimbledon. Need I say more? I know I may seem like I'm betraying my own country (countries) but let's face it, Australia didn't have much of a chance... Although, huge shocker about Spain though, huh? But ever since the last World Cup, I have been a fan of the German team & they looked pretty good, at least in their first match against Portugal, so hopefully they do even better and win! :-)

And as for Wimbledon, as awesome as The Fed is, Rafa & Nole all the way! ♡

And finally, once my exams were over, I got to planning a new layout for my room & by Thursday, my boyfriend and I were making a trip to IKEA. We've been hard at work the past few days & I'm so grateful to him and so very satisfied with the final outcome.

What do y'all think? It's a little empty but I like how clean and unclustered it looks.

M is for Make-up!

My new study area!

Yay or nay?

Anyways, I missed you all & I hope to talk to you soon!

Love Always,
Anna Banana ♡

500 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY!

Can you believe it?! I can't believe it?!

I never thought I'd even get to 3 digits but now...I'm halfway to 4 digits! It's an absolutely unbelievable feeling and I can't express in words or pictures, just how thankful I am for all of your continued love and support ♥

That is why I am doing my first little giveaway :D
I will put together a few goodies (please comment with some suggestions as well~) To be in the running, please visit my Instagram and leave a comment on my giveaway post. It would be preferred if you are a follower & you can comment as many times as you like.

The winner will be chosen exactly one week from now using a random number generator

Thank you, thank you, thank you once again & all the best!

Lots of love,
Anna Banana ♥